Drawing inspiration from Letters from the Lighthouse and Goodnight Mr Tom, the outcome of this unit is to write a story containing a flashback. LI: To write a story with a flashback (cold task) LI: To investigate and use a range of fronted adverbials. LI: To write a story opening. LI: To evoke an emotive response through my writing. LI: We are accurately punctuating dialogue. LI: To write a flashback. LI: To create a character description (missing person poster) LI: To plan a story with a flashback. LI: To draft a story with a flashback. LI: To edit and improve my work. LI: To publish my work. Work format is as a smart notebook file. I have provided a PDF of the slides also.

A block of 11 lessons with one ‘stand alone’ diary entry lesson which links to Letters from the Lighthouse’. The main body of the lessons is looking at features and skills to create a news article based on the mass evacuation of children and vulnerable adults during WWII. This unit goes well with learning about WWII in history. Please note: this is a smart notebook file. I have attached pdf and ppt versions of these files but these are not editable. Smart notebook is the best format for this! LI: To write a diary entry (cold task) Success Criteria: I can take on the persona of a character. I can write in first person. LI: To explore the features of a news article. Success Criteria: I know what makes something ‘news’. I can identify key language and structural features. I can answer questions based on a text. LI: To use compound sentences with accuracy. Success Criteria: I can identify main and subordinate clauses. I can use a range of coordinating conjunctions. I can write topical compound sentences. LI: To use a range of conjunctions when creating complex sentences. Success Criteria: I can identify a range of complex sentences. I know that a complex sentence contains a main (independent) clause and at least one subordinate (dependent) clause. I can identify a range of conjunctions. I can form a variety of complex sentences. LI: To use parenthesis to add additional information. Success Criteria: I can identify parenthesis. I can decide what punctuation to use for parenthesis. I can write sentences including parenthesis. LI: To use direct and reported speech. Success Criteria: I can differentiate between direct and reported speech. I can punctuate direct speech accurately. I can draw out key quotes from a range of information. I can write the main body including a variety of reported and direct speech. LI: To write an effective introduction. Success Criteria: I know what the 5Ws are. I can use the 5Ws to create an effective introduction. I can suggest an appropriate headline. I can use prepositions and adverbs to express time, place and cause. LI: To form detailed paragraphs. Success Criteria: I understand the structure of a news article. I can expand on a point. I can link my sentences together to provide cohesion. LI: To plan a newspaper article. Success Criteria: I can box up a newspaper report. I can use the 5Ws. I can write factually. LI: To write a newspaper article. Success Criteria: I can use my plan to help me. I can include an appropriate heading and hook. I can use the 5w’s in my introduction. I can link my sentences, selecting appropriate time words. LI: To publish a newspaper article. Success Criteria: I can carefully proof-read my work. I can make changes to improve my work. I can present my work using my best handwriting.

14 English starters perfect to be stuck into books at the start of a lesson. Each starter has five questions in different formats, exploring grammar, punctuation and spelling. Ideal for UKS2.

Unit of work aimed at Year Three - time. Differentiated resources for each lesson and lots of opportunity for AFL/talk partner work. Unit starts with a cold task that can be repeated at the end of the unit. Children make their own clocks at the start of the unit to help build familiarity. Before each lesson is a teacher slide with information about each lesson. Lots of extra activities and further extensions/probing questions. :) Cold Task – Time LI: To know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month and year. Success Criteria: -I know how many minutes are in an hour. -I can calculate how many hours in a week. -I can calculate how many days in a month. LI: To estimate a period of time. Success Criteria: -I know what estimate means. -I can make relevant estimations. I can justify my reasoning. LI: I can create and label a clock. Success Criteria: -I can label the hands on a clock. -I know what the marking on a clock are. -I can represent given times on my clock. LI: To read and write the time to quarter of the hour. Success Criteria: -I know how many minutes are in one hour. -I can recognise quarter past and quarter to on a clock. I know that the small hand is the hour hand. I know that the long hand is the minute hand. LI: To tell and show the time to the nearest minute using analogue clocks. Success Criteria: -I know what the different numbers and hands represent. -I can explain whether it is ‘past’ or ‘to’. -I can show the correct time on an analogue clock. LI: To read and show time on 12-hour and 24-hour clocks. Success Criteria: -I know there are 24 hours in a day. -I know that digital time has hours first, then minutes. -I can explain what time is shown on a digital clock. LI: To convert between digital and analogue clocks. Success Criteria: -I know the difference between analogue and digital. -I can explain how to convert between different clocks. I can successfully read different clock faces. LI: To solve problems involving time. Success Criteria: -I know what the word problem is asking me to do. -I can use a number line to see how much time has elapsed. -I can carefully check my answers. LI: To solve problems involving time. Success Criteria: -I can read a timetable. -I can answer simple questions. -I can use a number line to solve problems.

Maths speech bubbles with different sentence stems/questioning prompts. Based on Blooms Taxonomy.

Link to history/The Ancient Egyptians. Investigate the mummification process and consolidate understanding of mummification. Children get to mummify their own apples, making predictions, comparing the experiment to what the Ancient Egyptians did and evaluating the experiment at a later date. (Can leave the apples as long as you like - we left them for 10 days!) Children love completing this experiment and are engaged the entire time! Materials needed: Small apples, antibacterial hand gel, table salt, bicarbonate of soda, plastic cups, paper towels, vegetable peeler, labels.

Watercolour reading quotes great for a reading display or book corner! 10 quotes on a5, can be blown up bigger.

‘Tweet about your learning’. Fantastic as an end of unit summary or stuck on a class noticeboard for children to add to during the week to celebrate the weeks learning and achievements. Available as editable word document or ready to print PDF.

A fun way to end the week and encourages the children to reflect on the week/their learning and set a target for the following week. Slips could go home at the end of the day as a discussion point, stay in the classroom to be referred to or recycled!

‘Teacher Noticeboard’ lettering - Harry Potter/Daily Prophet themed. Includes ‘messages’ and ‘to do’ list sheets, perfect for laminating and popping on your noticeboard next to a dry wipe marker!

‘Sharp Work Our Work is on Point’ display lettering with several different A4 prints that are perfect to be laminated and used to pin children’s best work on. My kiddies love this display and I added real succulents on the table infront of the display board.

A noise-o-meter to ‘measure’ the noise in the classroom. Four choices: ninja mode whisper voice partner voice teacher voice

Reading Folder great to have lots of important information all in one place! In PDF (not editable), Word and Pages format. Please note - fonts and pages will look different due to font types. Font types used are Shella Clean and KG Second Chances Sketch I laminate the front and back pages and then bind to make a super little booklet. Pages include: Front cover/back cover Daily reader checklist / frequent reader checklist Reader checklist (class) Reading Assessment (key curriculum objectives with checklist per term) - I use one per child. Guided Reading grouping Example guided reading rotations Key texts pages to record key books per term

A short poetry unit which we are using to start off our WWII history topic. Looking at some example war poems including ‘Flanders Fields’, ‘Christmas Truce’, ‘The Wound In Time’, ‘High Flight’ & ‘A Gunner’s Day’. COLD TASK - Write a poem about Life in Lockdown LI: To analyse and comment on a poem. (ERIC) LI: To use a thesaurus to find antonyms and synonyms. LI: To use similes and metaphors. LI: To use personification for effect. LI: To plan and write a poem. LI: To edit and perform a poem. COLD TASK - Narrative

Watercolour ‘splatter’ growth mindset quotes - 13 in total.

Balloon tray labels and subject labels inspired by Up the movie. Two different sized subject labels.

A song based on The Stone Age, sang to Queen’s We Will Rock You. Perfect for a bit of fun, or in our case, our class assembly!

Large and small tray labels with a marble effect. General classroom resources and subjects. Available as word document and pdf version for easy scaling/editing.

‘Our Work is on Point’ display. Display lettering reads: Sharp Work Our Work is on Point and there are several different cactus patterns that can be printed and laminated ready for work to be pinned on. My kiddies loved this display and I added real succulents on the table near the display for added wow factor.

A unit of work looking at the formal written method for multiplication (2D number x 1D number) and using a place value grid to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000. Objectives covered: LI: To multiply by 10, 100 and 1000. LI: To divide by 10, 100 and 1000. LI: To use the formal written method to multiply a 1-digit number with a 3-digit number. LI: To use my knowledge of other multiples to answer questions. LI: To use the formal written method to multiply a 2-digit number with a 3-digit number. Five lessons with some room to expand. Aimed at Year Five. All work on slides with opportunities to class mark to reduce marking load!